Alisdair Pettigrew

Alisdair Pettigrew co-founded BLUE Communications, a communications and public affairs agency for the marine, energy and environmental sectors, and at the time of his Mare Forum appearances was its Managing Director and Senior Advisor to Carbon War Room Shipping Operations. He then had more than 13 years' experience in the marine and allied fuel and commodities markets, including six years as a journalist.

He was formerly an Associate Publisher with Informa Group, owner of Lloyd's List, and a director of Petromedia, where he founded the environmental news site SustainableShipping.com. He has advised on public relations and policy engagement across international media, government and regulatory bodies in the marine industry.

Pettigrew spoke as a panellist at the 2nd Iron Ore and Coal Shipping Summit Hong Kong (2014), the 4th Blue Shipping Summit (2014) and the 4th Mare Forum Istanbul (2013).